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VOL. VII.—NO. 19.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1854.
WHOLE NO. 831.
fKEUEKICK
^Foreign 0elettion0.
AMERICAN SLAVERY
and yot havo subordi
sh othor, thus sep
;y enough to manage thoiroppono
euro in tho end to bo tho gainere
if tho advantages of tho associati
practising ;it another on tho £
of others, they may succeed in
F thet
markable for i
and the abse
lay fed i
tho
f those pra
pealing to tl
mo of t
r.iu hj cajoling one, up
their own way. Their partnors may feel
Niiiotly r-ek. ' tC\i~r}its of the knavery"
Romothing of ti I
ii larguEes'-Ij hi tiiu c:i is of tho United States
jority in tho Houi
Thore can bono doubt, th:
■■-■.•
tusshy jn-i'Viiiit the progres
jii-incipk1, might do much f
jroad tho sphere
nd in defiance of
f Congress, in a
saker States havo pr<
repeatedly subservioi
1 are now "engaged in
obability of Bucoess, I
Slavery to an esten
case which wo have seen, has beon recently
set forth in a remarkable address, delivered
by Thoodoro Parkor, at a public m«
held at tho Tabernacle, Now York-
theologian, Mr. Parker has acquire
" 'a capacity,
. told, *
ion ot his
;!■;, ■ ,.
■; of :
roan s-ympaihy
BrtheluEs hi-, fact-; :m
He is honest t
tions of tho falseheartodness aud trickery oi
tho Nor.horn politicians. He *etatfe tihw
different measures in favor of Slavery which
Use Oongr-ja:; i,:--, at different times, Banc-
tio. .1 mv.cv the Ihtclai-atiou of Indepeud
statement in his°owIngJords :—nmery
"In 1770 (Shivery oxistoi! in thii-teen States
Beforo tho adoption of tho b'ederM C; ustt-
ish Slavery, and since then thoy have aholisth-
and toUlsil;, torritorv pl>.ir.ilere
.doption of
. ithassr.
miios, where thore wa
ll h
popula-
.light i
yonesmaUport
■ (!llit->Li
has bong
all that
o'l/d? (.
Wobster surrendered to England by tin
little piaca oi
Wobster surr<:
A-dibnr: -si Ti--
Fug it
aken with
Smto the sanction of Congress is
tSi^..,. (so \.-v^^i
holds in that tomtoiy. Th "
Mi.v.sonsis-y tr.-.m ISoites-. who wont there
bought a Blavo in Missouri as help for
sick wife. Wu aio not only est:s,i,iis
Shivery whore it .Isjos not esist, hut w,
establishing it where the Federal Gov
muiit. just thirty-throe -,i.ar- ago, declaroti
t'.-Ml Slavery 'should mo-or exist until ihu end
pop-.iintiou thore—not a thousand white inhabitants in the whole territory. There is a
t Washington, ai
:es; and certain
sastat tho electio
2 degrees 'if Isiiil-
gitudo. Its .waters r
itoryis twofold; theo
stave power in Congre
Cheek tho tide of free n
States. It, is in
al! these past s
1;;'
chr.tice for thein w
" ith. Others an
t self-ii
the
t tho
ntt'griiy oi tho Union. And thus tho South
aas virtually tho game in its own hands. It
s the knowledge of this that emboldens
;ut out new slavo territory in Nebi
thoy will
dure Park
hat dusparingly
'heodoro Parkor ovidently Bpoal
-.Ho.
r Lhfi
forthounh-.
disposition to abandon Wo havo
■*n the'United States, n
■
tsolf; that, n
Congress itsolf, hi
have pursued, and whiefi tin.-,
disposition
frequently in contact with Chris
legislates for itself; that, neither
1«ngKH itsolf, '
. . Jth thoso Stat
uphold S
Union prohibi-si this; that tho
i force measures of abolition
oukl do more harm than go
avos are not lit for freodoi
Aboliti
i grea
rity of
o help forward tiioi
itruetion of Chrisiianit;
II this to be true, lot u
to, and what force thor.
scation of that lot-aiono
unhappily, as a body, adopted on tho que;
t. Wo havo no dii-viosition to dor.v, i[!:;
.' : '■ ■ -:
n. We four that ibis cannot ho eainsaid
d churches of .the States
iai) population of that country w(
;i:i;v toy
my day they pi
-' >y-n
influenco. And
nity. taking up hones
, they—not withoi
l:i" ■;:.:''
iioiu opposition they have, by t
Stead of putting ft
stroy tho mighty
if it,2)1 plainly to show, t
s over likely to come ft
uind, in truth, have bocc
ro belie
by their proximity t
righteously to denoum
Then, as to tho othi
edged, that tho Free
of the system
qui'
tho othor point. It
Ci.
th
is:::-. ;:i
ong, against which
stimony of Christi
''"::.
'"','■
>v
nit forth, could ha
sly i
,! -\
si;;;
, tl::
the
urePthe requisite p
:■,■■'
V'l
which absolutely p
-..;.
th.
s by winch alone the v;ovk of ;.
claw. He informs the l-idt that.
boon for her sex, tho sentonco
, thoy are
back again into bondage? Could thoy havo
accomplished this, had not tho represents^
tives of tho Free States been Badly unfaith-
s'ikV.- pels'
■ Had i
ico if thoy lent their r.-d'i
r the inability of Congre
,;:s;ht"t., i
sis-. S:-,- i; .1
still with tl
It has moddled, ;
noddling, and all for its
Aiid Christian men i
States, by their
CAUTION.-COL0_
Tho article wo issued in our hist
as drawn forth the following cot
'■ Ashton under Line
"March h
Dear Sir,
" Having aeon a lotter of yours ii
>, Reporter of March 1st 1854.
"Condcming tho conduct of
vithhold tho nat
> oi t
si tsiom.aiid
horrors of Slavery, as tho enclosed
gramme will give :, tt-.v (,i' tho psn-tieulti
And I feel your letter is csilisultited to d.
.-:: I ■.■ M ■UHS.S :.i'
.cctod as one of tho culpriu alluded
.ti .rahlo columns, "I think it is due ti
that you should in your reporter state tl
■o you do not wish to injure those win
neatly trying with yourself to overtl
i crual system of Slaver, ;m>l give
n to the downtrodden millions of
' I hero respectfully soli
ir Iloportor for next
e the States.
t mouth, Furt
But for tho peculia
UlhllC
Sun, of September 1849. (On goi
by Wm, L, Garrison, (Ed,) o" Lib
Gorrit Smith, of Poterborro, New Yo
others. Aud while at tho cunvontio
Syracuse on 15th of JanylHoO. 1
ntroducod, t
(by Kovd Samiit
called by t
iay)!
; me to speak cf these ti'.i'
, .'ere publicly known; I can soy that my
Jthfully
i-b color;
■
ly of such colored pers
ery, or
; i ■ ■
the ct>ndi
iner brought under tho ty
Ot this iii;ivc-:'(iil(;. hi too ili»cli:ir;^j
,lly"d«Ferving,"as well as for th.
i benevolent, it is impoi
pose impostors, and wo regret
England.
smy v:
)f the si
public duty, howeve
■ . really dc '
lion of t
; Iho t
1. Two
: ir,r,;o. and <cc
Tho party in q
and si
n r.earch; and if ho will b
)f o
to addressed to our readers." How
ivo justified in to dnjiig, will he gathered
ot.'l ;..-, Iirjy;ty to publish in our last number.
Tho individual impostor to whom we then
s himjje-ff fit our office ear-
' i-iutii-y hist, iitides- the name of An-
aker. We append the substance ol
in .lli-IUtll-J
iiieh i
'■■■.:, ■ : : ■'■',. .-..
Chariostcn, in tho hold of which vessel he
1 i o I, with funds
to take hisii io Birmingham, where he had
oh! si'nod for: ,,>.!■ :.}.[ I'i-s-so Mr .l;i;oeh fjtdn'f-
t.o help him on to Lsnidoti. Ho had been
bom a slavo; and was said, in consequence
of hi-s hsivin- attempted to t/sciipo, a stop to
which iho sale ot his mother, somo time
iii< littt: iiitistcr's rinino v.-as Mr. \Vin. Smith
of Baltimore. Ho detailed iho oircumstances
of his sale, and subsequent mode of es tape,
and wept bitterly whilst speaking of his
mother of whom ho shewed a photograph
u.mature. He only wanted empfoymont, he
said and was willing to goto s,rvico or ,1 ,
anything lor an honest living. We gave him
issisijiorary sss.it^.sim;-.'. and promised to i-xcrl
ourselves to procure hiin o iiploymont. Some
'hoy resulted u
lidl .1 i r-i.:; .■ j
istaneos, wo felt it to'b
pobiish, io the llq>;,:tr,r,;; let
" n under his dk
n [i.dtltn.ji-o.-
tly alter priif
: of Br,
appear
■ ■ ■
In <
the eil'utst
s-lf Ronbon
ond of last December, and who, af
ing tho kindest treatment, had
e individual. He w
si- tous-,
iogdm;. Ht.
I I .OlfurdDarey,
uccess, tho prepossoasing
i professod total-abstinence principle;
' o told, enforcod l.v
actiug, having crot
e ho told, eni'orood l.iy l'Oiisly
eiptof the
pjiovt of 0
told us
wut Reuben Nixon
t he had heoi
t ho had reached Livorpool at the c
chad stated. This ho assured
I arrival,
at! noth-
• to aiter in his previous statement. Cir-
mstancos, which a want of space precludes
re,ledusno!ttday to institute
our discovering that he had represented
snself there ami elsewhero as being under
5 patronage of the lirithh ,:„d Foreign,
iti-Slavery Sociely,iuid as boing ^.uiiorhed
collect funds for us. He came to us pend-
; f.he making of these inquiries,and under
to us for pity, r.nd pro '
:Octed agaiost tbol:
fterstabbod him ii
lannor, during whicl
n various charactors
ghway robbery, (he
ercof, and sentenced
ivhom ho informed,si
beside with a sharp
d was not dangerous
950. Subsequently, ho wis removed to i
cook for some fifty or sixty slaves j
d that ho was workitif out his fiiir
Si; is:.-.
t of " justifiable homicide," and in con-
otation of his having saved tho koopcr's
, Nixon was set free. Ha then tried to
employment, but did not succoed, and
ng in the North, foil in with a man who
ut htm up to posing himself off as a
e for him to go, mid got ptiBsod North by
d South am
iai risk, but the irltimato result was
that he became Isssiowo. fcnd swi adfertiiBd
-.s an impos'O'-. Fie-'hs" ':■■■ ■
novr an inconvenient ahodo, h , dctertninr.U
' ' nsferhis operations to Groat llritinn,
■ ihpped himself from Bos-
. ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ... ■■ ': ; . .
beginning of tho year 1853. Two or
tin-Oii-.ir-js after, ho fell in with a colored
n company with this m.si.s,
hich ho iorged the ns w\.--u
■-' 10 certify
: ...-. ■:. ■.
-elted. As doubts »■
ch purported to certify th;
■■■'■■■
telfon
sited the neighborhood of I
Belfast, wher
Glasgcwfrom Now York, on board thos
he reprusontel hi sisui n.
s Livorpool, ho
■ception s' ''
si therefore doctimpeti
. The wretched
pity <
scovoryof his imposture,
mploredusnot
gettti!■; sjn honest living, and above all to r
Wo promised todo°so%ucK
placed himself entirely under o-
and immediately comnstaced an
should he
tlnisocot.ditionshoass'onlod, a
iNew York.' Wept
s ship
in tho l.'niicd States of wht
laking inquiries respocting 1
if life. lie did not come to
being sought after by tho polico, on a ch:
of having robbed a colored messmati
clothes, .Vss., to tho value of 12/. A weol
a letter from a friend rosnkmi'at Urtghioii,
which led us to suspect that Reuben "
■ : tic's AXIIHKW BaKBB, Wi
lity of the Bright
iirileno^
HlBAM
PatridgerEsq., and
and uttor a iengtl
- ss rogue and
ght up before
Alderma
having a very, very slight obliquity. He
wore a luft of board under his chin, and his
hair is woolly. His manners are singularly
pleasing, and his voice is soft and r~ "
He usually excites much compass
shedding tears, which ho does with <
dinsu-y facility, and Iks also can ad
i limbs. He doe's
tho country, and all Anti-slas
i, will endeavor to give om
brief narrative, an extensiv
ivatel-
I presj
...; iiko Rkubek Nixon,
V.MUir;iv l<Ai;t:ii, <ili'--n IIiuaji Shut, w
lavcry who bo I 1 I
Selections.
AN ILLUSTRATION OP SLAVERY.
Cm ■'■-■■ ■; s. ■...-,.. i :: : ,-:,,-,:
lavis, a colored man, free, rcsidi:,s in 1'hila-
'e'phia, agod about 34 years, lol't" th.tt city
vith tho intention of «otti;: to Hollidays-
iurg, but brought up at Havro do Grace, in
ho State of Maryland, where ho west to
vork for a livelihood, as ho probably suppos-
id ho had a right to do. But they havo ti
aw in Maryland which prohibits any free
tegro or mulatto, belonging to or residing
Stato for the purpose of settlement or other-
rise, under a penalty of S20. Under t
aaaistrato and fined, I
> P--.V.
s then
night o
n;; iiiss.
■
about
icod upon a cotton plai
, bo was sent back to
toon broke down again, i
i was taken to an infirm
ho partially recovered. To
=k-i;ii:ii las fold tho story of
y tried to purchase him.
> 'tiered *4t>o
lim to attend their patients,
i March last, he ran away
wont to Savannah. There
ii, whilo i t Lad heard'ti
i'rrnn ttiid-r the <'.\r,w\<:> nf the bout,
beam under tho guards of fne wheel house.
Ho was rescued irom his pforilou t
in a stato of great oxhaustion; his clothes
wore saturated with sea/prater, as, tho sea
had become rough, and ho was di.ii. d io tho
hands furnished him with a dry suit, and
eaiih
o put into^ewoastle, Del-
he intention, it is stated,
back to Georgia, unless it could be oaitihiisti-
od that ho was not entitled to tds frotjdom.
On the aOth of March, tho case was brought
before Justice Bmdford of New Castlo. J|
freedom clearly proved. . Mrs. Dimond, ont
him sin,:;; Villi, ivljoii ho -vaj about two vwt
:. .:■ ■-*.....■.
tilled that she had known liinvfor eleven oi
tit-olvo ytsaru, and John II. Brady testified
that he had known him for tho last nine
years. On hearing this testimony tho mug.
a iiini from enstpdy, theft
I H .u 1 1 bad loft thi
e Stato tippeared, i
lathe bolio
The Captain now returned to Savannah,
nd one ot tho iiui
lined this significant article ;
io late outside psu^ni!;:er hy the Keyiitoiis-
egro man bidooping to Mr. Doan, of Macon.
*': o:^rJ V ih,' ki^kl^'n \./''^!r't '/'■'.
tiscil,/ tHoscertiiinthctnilh. Tho plavo is
recently brought from
..-oil;-.i
ie came on for trial ho ton
April Mill i u , |
rare ono Very frequently it happens
llto lise-'otij: lsOS,d,i;;s' io
„ jculiar to the bmlkkrousi and brutu! fo
cial sy-.tom there prevailing. Only theother
half of a man of Indiana who bad boon kidnapped and imprisoned by the slavo hunters,
eurrcd in asserting and pi
I n n igain
Such are tho fruits of tho degrad
wicked system which makes property
I bo done ?
REV. NORRIS DAY.
), 1854.
To the Editor of the Ashlatmla *.,■■;,<in,-t :
Pursuant to notion given, the people of
this sown assembled at the Congregational
church, on Tuesday evening hst,"(March
23th,) to listen to an address by tho Rev.
Norris Day. After making some remarks
in reuly to tho oft-repeated interrogative—
> Nort
1 Issii...
>ry of 1
■ s'ef the address, the folloi
resolutionswcieread.-mda
:'..:; vote of the assembly:
mlth of Indiana,
ugitivo from juetit
Whereas, We learn
perfectly innocenl
mtucky, he did not
of the Common
im by tho Governo
rsnieal .'.■•spots of the Old World, much
idonce that they will
j their horrid system of slavery.
d perpetu-
ry
tip-.si ■'.:
with othor facts now before tho
in the breasts
sudiy call upon
to tho uttermost all attempts to ci
sen e ,o m uence an
:: ..;..■;■■■■' s i. .. '-■■ ■; .-::...;!■ . \,
Mr. Day and his family in their trial
•i '
e, wo will d'.v
:1 by a
i, before
Resolved, That we also deeply sympa-
bul ot expense t i
os, thism, illy piepsm-d ns thev arc for it, aild
that v.-e will cheerfully contribute our mite
the friends of liberty in other plncc.n to do
This
u tho novth-e
i . r thi
■ ■;■..:
rot 3
i hoight,
the latter, and eighty oi
occupied by tho immense stock of the
gother with a large and varied t
pickles and preserves of every km
I
aUk
vitl, p
hand •
s, salm
upply of
. .
:eep C
fully with any other establishment in the
city, and at no other storo cat) you find such
excellent groceries at such moderate prices.
Ashe-buysiulargequantitics.of courso Easti-
ovu merchants make a liberal discount on his
> KCll
Wo tiolieve Mr. Kosboi-ougii supplies tho
o much competition, tho successful
e receiving mich patronage. But
Apropos
way. (Seeadv
■ Vio'.-iMwti j
of 5th st. and Broad-
■' Slave Catctum«—
f Milwaukee, Deputy Marshal Cot-
setiuontly ho
'iitiou of tho oi
svied troops among the
iuionof tho U.S. District
5am would havo to pay
ipanios, comprising one
id stationod at the armo-
r orders. In the mean
jscued and tho Marshal
i troops. On Tuosday,
lays afterward, the com-
o the Marshal,
nd tippo-l his (.sap with his finj_
til it'in., inquiring how much longor tho
rmy should remain in camp. This waked
ho Mars, al to a new field of thought, and
o esclaimed with much surprise and agita-
" You havn't kept tho troops at the armory
" Certainly," wyE tho reply ; "wo were sta-
.onoil tit tins tii mory to ...wait further ot dcrs. '
Hero Wilts ti i\\. One hundred and cloven
ion, with ono hundred and eleven distinct
ng eight
. ..■ ■:,:
Sam. Tho
thoMarBhal paid off thi-
, orsed,hiving I—'-:-->- * <-
days after the sh
dorablc
ey di'jp.-.-rseil.iifstving kopt vigils for slavery.
-•>•> •'ays after **■- -■
free country
.o catch slaves ii
out the length
trees. Not that
been to great per
TRAKBPLANnKG TREES.
March, April and May, throueh-
,lL'-' of America, ton
gaged in killing
or make shade,
planted. The gentleman who is possessed
of the. laudable desire of planting a row of
them upon each aido of tho narrow lane
running between his house and barn, goes
to tho swamp with his cart and ozon, chops
off all the roots he can get at with his axe,
hitches his oien to tho pole which may
be two inches through, and pulls it over till
then chops off all the limbs and top,nnd loads
tho stick with a knob at tho end upon his
cart, and when ho gets a load, drives homo,
enough to stick tho clump of
•ubbing post by the old s
is probably
ground with thi
d to blow
with this
nsteadof aholedugi
o be had.
ies the roots are
F by pulling
■ ■ ■■'
lake so much p
s ; and here the poor troo is b
jarod for except to curso it f
nd bearing fruit. Wet soils a
;ionablo than hard stony ono
an to expect a tree to grow
n planted in this manner, is sii
more folly manifested in tl
a of agricultural ii
3 seen upon almost every fai
■you" to plant trees. New
-A". Y. T,
A38ASSINATI0N_0F CHAFES III
Pahha, Italy, March 27, 1854.
This city is at this moment in the greatce
excitement in consequence of the assassins
tion of tho Grand Duke, Charles III. II
was stabbod in tho bowels yesterday after
noon, about sis o'clock, by some unknowt
hand, while walking unattended throug"
Bpacious court yard of the palace. A
iiv ::: '.;: :■■ s ■.■■■■ ' ';■, j-. ids' ■■■■■■ . -.
The Grand Duke lingered in great di
till hi o'cloek this morning. His w
daughter of the late Duke do Berry, a
the
the
Charles III. was
eded to the thron
s father, (who is j
ian from the peo]
sr, reason, and thi
The daceased retu
,ight sinoe from a
sis father has large |
Dngs to the Spanis
inly about a fort-
estates, as he he-
,nch of tho Bour-
r beforo the murder, when ho was in perfect health, and ho
spoke to me in English with remarkable
fluency. He was very fond of England,
where he had passed much time, and inquired interestedly about the United States.
His chief minister and friend.Baron Ward,
is the son i.f an English hostler, was himself born in England, and actually served the
Duke's father as the chief equerry of his
stables. He is, in truth, an exceedingly
clever Englishman, and deserves tho promotion he has won,with a considerable fortune,
though decidedly illiterate. This i'-.ml tsiking
off of his confiding chief, will doubtless
bring a change in his relations ; for the fair
regent is under the adverse influence ot her
brother's clique. Tho princes ofTtttly livo
Kikg.—Charles Dickons, in a
any unscrupulous lawyot
,and will havo no other
o heartily despised—Mat
oukl, make in a
.ke himself
resident of Jefferson county, Missies!
this munificent gift of freedom to six
beings he has secured to them tho
tunitiesfora great social elevation,
himself a never ending procossion ol
Phonetic Conference—or, more strictly,
'onetik Ronferens''—has been in ses-
Wednesday

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VOL. VII.—NO. 19.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1854.
WHOLE NO. 831.
fKEUEKICK
^Foreign 0elettion0.
AMERICAN SLAVERY
and yot havo subordi
sh othor, thus sep
;y enough to manage thoiroppono
euro in tho end to bo tho gainere
if tho advantages of tho associati
practising ;it another on tho £
of others, they may succeed in
F thet
markable for i
and the abse
lay fed i
tho
f those pra
pealing to tl
mo of t
r.iu hj cajoling one, up
their own way. Their partnors may feel
Niiiotly r-ek. ' tC\i~r}its of the knavery"
Romothing of ti I
ii larguEes'-Ij hi tiiu c:i is of tho United States
jority in tho Houi
Thore can bono doubt, th:
■■-■.•
tusshy jn-i'Viiiit the progres
jii-incipk1, might do much f
jroad tho sphere
nd in defiance of
f Congress, in a
saker States havo pr<
repeatedly subservioi
1 are now "engaged in
obability of Bucoess, I
Slavery to an esten
case which wo have seen, has beon recently
set forth in a remarkable address, delivered
by Thoodoro Parkor, at a public m«
held at tho Tabernacle, Now York-
theologian, Mr. Parker has acquire
" 'a capacity,
. told, *
ion ot his
;!■;, ■ ,.
■; of :
roan s-ympaihy
BrtheluEs hi-, fact-; :m
He is honest t
tions of tho falseheartodness aud trickery oi
tho Nor.horn politicians. He *etatfe tihw
different measures in favor of Slavery which
Use Oongr-ja:; i,:--, at different times, Banc-
tio. .1 mv.cv the Ihtclai-atiou of Indepeud
statement in his°owIngJords :—nmery
"In 1770 (Shivery oxistoi! in thii-teen States
Beforo tho adoption of tho b'ederM C; ustt-
ish Slavery, and since then thoy have aholisth-
and toUlsil;, torritorv pl>.ir.ilere
.doption of
. ithassr.
miios, where thore wa
ll h
popula-
.light i
yonesmaUport
■ (!llit->Li
has bong
all that
o'l/d? (.
Wobster surrendered to England by tin
little piaca oi
Wobster surry-n
influenco. And
nity. taking up hones
, they—not withoi
l:i" ■;:.:''
iioiu opposition they have, by t
Stead of putting ft
stroy tho mighty
if it,2)1 plainly to show, t
s over likely to come ft
uind, in truth, have bocc
ro belie
by their proximity t
righteously to denoum
Then, as to tho othi
edged, that tho Free
of the system
qui'
tho othor point. It
Ci.
th
is:::-. ;:i
ong, against which
stimony of Christi
''"::.
'"','■
>v
nit forth, could ha
sly i
,! -\
si;;;
, tl::
the
urePthe requisite p
:■,■■'
V'l
which absolutely p
-..;.
th.
s by winch alone the v;ovk of ;.
claw. He informs the l-idt that.
boon for her sex, tho sentonco
, thoy are
back again into bondage? Could thoy havo
accomplished this, had not tho represents^
tives of tho Free States been Badly unfaith-
s'ikV.- pels'
■ Had i
ico if thoy lent their r.-d'i
r the inability of Congre
,;:s;ht"t., i
sis-. S:-,- i; .1
still with tl
It has moddled, ;
noddling, and all for its
Aiid Christian men i
States, by their
CAUTION.-COL0_
Tho article wo issued in our hist
as drawn forth the following cot
'■ Ashton under Line
"March h
Dear Sir,
" Having aeon a lotter of yours ii
>, Reporter of March 1st 1854.
"Condcming tho conduct of
vithhold tho nat
> oi t
si tsiom.aiid
horrors of Slavery, as tho enclosed
gramme will give :, tt-.v (,i' tho psn-tieulti
And I feel your letter is csilisultited to d.
.-:: I ■.■ M ■UHS.S :.i'
.cctod as one of tho culpriu alluded
.ti .rahlo columns, "I think it is due ti
that you should in your reporter state tl
■o you do not wish to injure those win
neatly trying with yourself to overtl
i crual system of Slaver, ;m>l give
n to the downtrodden millions of
' I hero respectfully soli
ir Iloportor for next
e the States.
t mouth, Furt
But for tho peculia
UlhllC
Sun, of September 1849. (On goi
by Wm, L, Garrison, (Ed,) o" Lib
Gorrit Smith, of Poterborro, New Yo
others. Aud while at tho cunvontio
Syracuse on 15th of JanylHoO. 1
ntroducod, t
(by Kovd Samiit
called by t
iay)!
; me to speak cf these ti'.i'
, .'ere publicly known; I can soy that my
Jthfully
i-b color;
■
ly of such colored pers
ery, or
; i ■ ■
the ct>ndi
iner brought under tho ty
Ot this iii;ivc-:'(iil(;. hi too ili»cli:ir;^j
,lly"d«Ferving,"as well as for th.
i benevolent, it is impoi
pose impostors, and wo regret
England.
smy v:
)f the si
public duty, howeve
■ . really dc '
lion of t
; Iho t
1. Two
: ir,r,;o. and .!■ :.}.[ I'i-s-so Mr .l;i;oeh fjtdn'f-
t.o help him on to Lsnidoti. Ho had been
bom a slavo; and was said, in consequence
of hi-s hsivin- attempted to t/sciipo, a stop to
which iho sale ot his mother, somo time
iii< littt: iiitistcr's rinino v.-as Mr. \Vin. Smith
of Baltimore. Ho detailed iho oircumstances
of his sale, and subsequent mode of es tape,
and wept bitterly whilst speaking of his
mother of whom ho shewed a photograph
u.mature. He only wanted empfoymont, he
said and was willing to goto s,rvico or ,1 ,
anything lor an honest living. We gave him
issisijiorary sss.it^.sim;-.'. and promised to i-xcrl
ourselves to procure hiin o iiploymont. Some
'hoy resulted u
lidl .1 i r-i.:; .■ j
istaneos, wo felt it to'b
pobiish, io the llq>;,:tr,r,;; let
" n under his dk
n [i.dtltn.ji-o.-
tly alter priif
: of Br,
appear
■ ■ ■
In <
the eil'utst
s-lf Ronbon
ond of last December, and who, af
ing tho kindest treatment, had
e individual. He w
si- tous-,
iogdm;. Ht.
I I .OlfurdDarey,
uccess, tho prepossoasing
i professod total-abstinence principle;
' o told, enforcod l.v
actiug, having crot
e ho told, eni'orood l.iy l'Oiisly
eiptof the
pjiovt of 0
told us
wut Reuben Nixon
t he had heoi
t ho had reached Livorpool at the c
chad stated. This ho assured
I arrival,
at! noth-
• to aiter in his previous statement. Cir-
mstancos, which a want of space precludes
re,ledusno!ttday to institute
our discovering that he had represented
snself there ami elsewhero as being under
5 patronage of the lirithh ,:„d Foreign,
iti-Slavery Sociely,iuid as boing ^.uiiorhed
collect funds for us. He came to us pend-
; f.he making of these inquiries,and under
to us for pity, r.nd pro '
:Octed agaiost tbol:
fterstabbod him ii
lannor, during whicl
n various charactors
ghway robbery, (he
ercof, and sentenced
ivhom ho informed,si
beside with a sharp
d was not dangerous
950. Subsequently, ho wis removed to i
cook for some fifty or sixty slaves j
d that ho was workitif out his fiiir
Si; is:.-.
t of " justifiable homicide," and in con-
otation of his having saved tho koopcr's
, Nixon was set free. Ha then tried to
employment, but did not succoed, and
ng in the North, foil in with a man who
ut htm up to posing himself off as a
e for him to go, mid got ptiBsod North by
d South am
iai risk, but the irltimato result was
that he became Isssiowo. fcnd swi adfertiiBd
-.s an impos'O'-. Fie-'hs" ':■■■ ■
novr an inconvenient ahodo, h , dctertninr.U
' ' nsferhis operations to Groat llritinn,
■ ihpped himself from Bos-
. ■ ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ... ■■ ': ; . .
beginning of tho year 1853. Two or
tin-Oii-.ir-js after, ho fell in with a colored
n company with this m.si.s,
hich ho iorged the ns w\.--u
■-' 10 certify
: ...-. ■:. ■.
-elted. As doubts »■
ch purported to certify th;
■■■'■■■
telfon
sited the neighborhood of I
Belfast, wher
Glasgcwfrom Now York, on board thos
he reprusontel hi sisui n.
s Livorpool, ho
■ception s' ''
si therefore doctimpeti
. The wretched
pity <
scovoryof his imposture,
mploredusnot
gettti!■; sjn honest living, and above all to r
Wo promised todo°so%ucK
placed himself entirely under o-
and immediately comnstaced an
should he
tlnisocot.ditionshoass'onlod, a
iNew York.' Wept
s ship
in tho l.'niicd States of wht
laking inquiries respocting 1
if life. lie did not come to
being sought after by tho polico, on a ch:
of having robbed a colored messmati
clothes, .Vss., to tho value of 12/. A weol
a letter from a friend rosnkmi'at Urtghioii,
which led us to suspect that Reuben "
■ : tic's AXIIHKW BaKBB, Wi
lity of the Bright
iirileno^
HlBAM
PatridgerEsq., and
and uttor a iengtl
- ss rogue and
ght up before
Alderma
having a very, very slight obliquity. He
wore a luft of board under his chin, and his
hair is woolly. His manners are singularly
pleasing, and his voice is soft and r~ "
He usually excites much compass
shedding tears, which ho does with <
dinsu-y facility, and Iks also can ad
i limbs. He doe's
tho country, and all Anti-slas
i, will endeavor to give om
brief narrative, an extensiv
ivatel-
I presj
...; iiko Rkubek Nixon,
V.MUir;iv l P--.V.
s then
night o
n;; iiiss.
■
about
icod upon a cotton plai
, bo was sent back to
toon broke down again, i
i was taken to an infirm
ho partially recovered. To
=k-i;ii:ii las fold tho story of
y tried to purchase him.
> 'tiered *4t>o
lim to attend their patients,
i March last, he ran away
wont to Savannah. There
ii, whilo i t Lad heard'ti
i'rrnn ttiid-r the nf the bout,
beam under tho guards of fne wheel house.
Ho was rescued irom his pforilou t
in a stato of great oxhaustion; his clothes
wore saturated with sea/prater, as, tho sea
had become rough, and ho was di.ii. d io tho
hands furnished him with a dry suit, and
eaiih
o put into^ewoastle, Del-
he intention, it is stated,
back to Georgia, unless it could be oaitihiisti-
od that ho was not entitled to tds frotjdom.
On the aOth of March, tho case was brought
before Justice Bmdford of New Castlo. J|
freedom clearly proved. . Mrs. Dimond, ont
him sin,:;; Villi, ivljoii ho -vaj about two vwt
:. .:■ ■-*.....■.
tilled that she had known liinvfor eleven oi
tit-olvo ytsaru, and John II. Brady testified
that he had known him for tho last nine
years. On hearing this testimony tho mug.
a iiini from enstpdy, theft
I H .u 1 1 bad loft thi
e Stato tippeared, i
lathe bolio
The Captain now returned to Savannah,
nd one ot tho iiui
lined this significant article ;
io late outside psu^ni!;:er hy the Keyiitoiis-
egro man bidooping to Mr. Doan, of Macon.
*': o:^rJ V ih,' ki^kl^'n \./''^!r't '/'■'.
tiscil,/ tHoscertiiinthctnilh. Tho plavo is
recently brought from
..-oil;-.i
ie came on for trial ho ton
April Mill i u , |
rare ono Very frequently it happens
llto lise-'otij: lsOS,d,i;;s' io
„ jculiar to the bmlkkrousi and brutu! fo
cial sy-.tom there prevailing. Only theother
half of a man of Indiana who bad boon kidnapped and imprisoned by the slavo hunters,
eurrcd in asserting and pi
I n n igain
Such are tho fruits of tho degrad
wicked system which makes property
I bo done ?
REV. NORRIS DAY.
), 1854.
To the Editor of the Ashlatmla *.,■■;, Nort
1 Issii...
>ry of 1
■ s'ef the address, the folloi
resolutionswcieread.-mda
:'..:; vote of the assembly:
mlth of Indiana,
ugitivo from juetit
Whereas, We learn
perfectly innocenl
mtucky, he did not
of the Common
im by tho Governo
rsnieal .'.■•spots of the Old World, much
idonce that they will
j their horrid system of slavery.
d perpetu-
ry
tip-.si ■'.:
with othor facts now before tho
in the breasts
sudiy call upon
to tho uttermost all attempts to ci
sen e ,o m uence an
:: ..;..■;■■■■' s i. .. '-■■ ■; .-::...;!■ . \,
Mr. Day and his family in their trial
•i '
e, wo will d'.v
:1 by a
i, before
Resolved, That we also deeply sympa-
bul ot expense t i
os, thism, illy piepsm-d ns thev arc for it, aild
that v.-e will cheerfully contribute our mite
the friends of liberty in other plncc.n to do
This
u tho novth-e
i . r thi
■ ■;■..:
rot 3
i hoight,
the latter, and eighty oi
occupied by tho immense stock of the
gother with a large and varied t
pickles and preserves of every km
I
aUk
vitl, p
hand •
s, salm
upply of
. .
:eep C
fully with any other establishment in the
city, and at no other storo cat) you find such
excellent groceries at such moderate prices.
Ashe-buysiulargequantitics.of courso Easti-
ovu merchants make a liberal discount on his
> KCll
Wo tiolieve Mr. Kosboi-ougii supplies tho
o much competition, tho successful
e receiving mich patronage. But
Apropos
way. (Seeadv
■ Vio'.-iMwti j
of 5th st. and Broad-
■' Slave Catctum«—
f Milwaukee, Deputy Marshal Cot-
setiuontly ho
'iitiou of tho oi
svied troops among the
iuionof tho U.S. District
5am would havo to pay
ipanios, comprising one
id stationod at the armo-
r orders. In the mean
jscued and tho Marshal
i troops. On Tuosday,
lays afterward, the com-
o the Marshal,
nd tippo-l his (.sap with his finj_
til it'in., inquiring how much longor tho
rmy should remain in camp. This waked
ho Mars, al to a new field of thought, and
o esclaimed with much surprise and agita-
" You havn't kept tho troops at the armory
" Certainly," wyE tho reply ; "wo were sta-
.onoil tit tins tii mory to ...wait further ot dcrs. '
Hero Wilts ti i\\. One hundred and cloven
ion, with ono hundred and eleven distinct
ng eight
. ..■ ■:,:
Sam. Tho
thoMarBhal paid off thi-
, orsed,hiving I—'-:-->- * •> •'ays after **■- -■
free country
.o catch slaves ii
out the length
trees. Not that
been to great per
TRAKBPLANnKG TREES.
March, April and May, throueh-
,lL'-' of America, ton
gaged in killing
or make shade,
planted. The gentleman who is possessed
of the. laudable desire of planting a row of
them upon each aido of tho narrow lane
running between his house and barn, goes
to tho swamp with his cart and ozon, chops
off all the roots he can get at with his axe,
hitches his oien to tho pole which may
be two inches through, and pulls it over till
then chops off all the limbs and top,nnd loads
tho stick with a knob at tho end upon his
cart, and when ho gets a load, drives homo,
enough to stick tho clump of
•ubbing post by the old s
is probably
ground with thi
d to blow
with this
nsteadof aholedugi
o be had.
ies the roots are
F by pulling
■ ■ ■■'
lake so much p
s ; and here the poor troo is b
jarod for except to curso it f
nd bearing fruit. Wet soils a
;ionablo than hard stony ono
an to expect a tree to grow
n planted in this manner, is sii
more folly manifested in tl
a of agricultural ii
3 seen upon almost every fai
■you" to plant trees. New
-A". Y. T,
A38ASSINATI0N_0F CHAFES III
Pahha, Italy, March 27, 1854.
This city is at this moment in the greatce
excitement in consequence of the assassins
tion of tho Grand Duke, Charles III. II
was stabbod in tho bowels yesterday after
noon, about sis o'clock, by some unknowt
hand, while walking unattended throug"
Bpacious court yard of the palace. A
iiv ::: '.;: :■■ s ■.■■■■ ' ';■, j-. ids' ■■■■■■ . -.
The Grand Duke lingered in great di
till hi o'cloek this morning. His w
daughter of the late Duke do Berry, a
the
the
Charles III. was
eded to the thron
s father, (who is j
ian from the peo]
sr, reason, and thi
The daceased retu
,ight sinoe from a
sis father has large |
Dngs to the Spanis
inly about a fort-
estates, as he he-
,nch of tho Bour-
r beforo the murder, when ho was in perfect health, and ho
spoke to me in English with remarkable
fluency. He was very fond of England,
where he had passed much time, and inquired interestedly about the United States.
His chief minister and friend.Baron Ward,
is the son i.f an English hostler, was himself born in England, and actually served the
Duke's father as the chief equerry of his
stables. He is, in truth, an exceedingly
clever Englishman, and deserves tho promotion he has won,with a considerable fortune,
though decidedly illiterate. This i'-.ml tsiking
off of his confiding chief, will doubtless
bring a change in his relations ; for the fair
regent is under the adverse influence ot her
brother's clique. Tho princes ofTtttly livo
Kikg.—Charles Dickons, in a
any unscrupulous lawyot
,and will havo no other
o heartily despised—Mat
oukl, make in a
.ke himself
resident of Jefferson county, Missies!
this munificent gift of freedom to six
beings he has secured to them tho
tunitiesfora great social elevation,
himself a never ending procossion ol
Phonetic Conference—or, more strictly,
'onetik Ronferens''—has been in ses-
Wednesday